The draw for the Paddy Power World Darts Championship has been made – and it’s fair to say we’re pumped for the arras!
As the tournament’s been expanded to a bumper 128 players for the 2025/26 edition, the big guns are finally taking part in the first round. Woof!
Luke Littler, our reigning champ, kicks off his title defence against Darius Labanauskas from Lithuania.
‘The Nuke’ will have one eye on the later rounds and he could face 2021 winner Gerwyn Price in the quarter-finals. That’ll be a quiet night at the library…
‘The Iceman’ begins his bid to regain the crown against Czech thrower Adam Gawlas.
Luke Humphries, also looking to lift the Sid Waddell Trophy for the second time, starts his quest against Ted Evetts.
Michael van Gerwen’s lurking in Humphries’ half of the draw and the Dutchman tackles Japan’s Mitsuhiko Tatsunami in round one.
Find World Darts Championship odds on the Paddy Power website and app, otherwise, the first-round draw is below.
Paddy Power World Darts Championship draw
Top Half
Luke Littler (1) v Darius Labanauskas
Mario Vandenbogaerde v David Davies
Joe Cullen (32) v Bradley Brooks
Mensur Suljovic v David Cameron
Damon Heta (16) v Steve Lennon
Raymond van Berneveld v Stefan Bellmont
Rob Cross (17) v Cor Dekker
Ian White v Mervyn King
Chris Dobey (8) v Xiaochen Zong
Andrew Gilding v Cam Crabtree
Luke Woodhouse (25) v Boris Krcmar
Martin Lukeman v Max Hopp
Gerwyn Price (9) v Adam Gawlas
Lukas Wenig v Wesley Plaisier
Ryan Joyce (24) v Owen Bates
Krzysztof Ratajski v Alexis Toylo
Stephen Bunting (4) v Sebastian Bialecki
Richard Veenstra v Nitin Kumar
Dirk van Duijvenbode (29) v Andy Baetens
James Hurrell v Stowe Buntz
Martin Schindler (13) v Stephen Burton
Keane Barry v Tim Pusey
Ryan Searle (20) v Chris Landman
Brendan Dolan v Travis Dudeney
Jonny Clayton (5) v Adam Lipscombe
Dom Taylor v Oskar Lukasiak
Michael Smith (28) v Lisa Ashton
Niels Zonneveld v Haupai Puha
Ross Smith (12) v Andreas Harrysson
Thibault Tricole v Motomu Sakai
Dave Chisnall (21) v Fallon Sherrock
Ricardo Pietreczko v Jose De Sousa
Bottom Half
Luke Humphries (2) v Ted Evetts
Jeffrey de Graaf v Paul Lim
Wessel Nijman (31) v Karel Sedlacek
Gabriel Clemens v Alex Spellman
Nathan Aspinall (15) v Lourence Ilagan
Mickey Mansell v Leonard Gates
Mike De Decker (18) v David Munyua
Kevin Doets v Matthew Dennant
James Wade (7) v Ryusei Azemoto
Rickey Evans v Man Lok Leung
Cameron Menzies (26) v Charlie Manby
Matt Campbell v Adam Sevada
Gian van Veen (10) v Cristo Reyes
Alan Soutar v Teemu Harju
Dimitri Van den Bergh (23) v Darren Beveridge
Madars Razma v Jamai van den Herik
Michael van Gerwen (3) v Mitsuhiko Tatsunami
William O’Connor v Krzysztof Kciuk
Peter Wright (30) v Noa-Lynn van Leuven
Kim Huybrechts v Arno Merk
Gary Anderson (14) v Adam Hunt
Connor Scutt v Simon Whitlock
Jermaine Wattimena (19) v Dominik Gruellich
Scott Williams v Paolo Nebrida
Danny Noppert (6) v Jurjen van der Velde
Nick Kenny v Justin Hood
Ritchie Edhouse (27) v Jonny Tata
Ryan Meikle v Jesus Salate
Josh Rock (11) v Gemma Hayter
Niko Springer v Joe Comito
Daryl Gurney (22) v Beau Greaves
Callan Rydz v Patrik Kovacs
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